Abstract

The authors reported the case of a 66-year-old male patient with a 14-year history of right-sided severe episodic and therapy-resistant cluster headache (CH) who underwent bilateral central lateral thalamotomy (CLT) using incisionless transcranial magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS). The patient experienced a single cluster headache attack 5 weeks after the procedure. There were no more pain attacks over the next 6 years of follow-up. This treatment success may indicate a common pathophysiology for CH and neurogenic (neuropathic) pain, which has been treated with CLT for more than 30 years. Further experience is needed to assess the reproducibility of this case.

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